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Newspaper
Joliet Free Press
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
2
The piece playfully notes Mr. Wilson and ex presidents amid wrassling with Mexico currency and trusts. It hints at tariff effects, market hesitancy, and a White House wedding, then teases a Christmas gift for the executive, urging readers to buy it here.
Tony Ruddy, a longtime Joliet firefighter, resigned yesterday to enter business with Frank Downing. They have bought the Blackburn Brothers’ Hunter avenue grocers and meat dealers and will take over Monday. Downing has worked with Joliet’s major grocery firms. Ruddy previously led fifteen years as a Rockdale plant foreman.
Mrs. Alice Davis Sing a former Joliet girl awaiting trial in Chicago for the murder of her Chinese husband will be placed on trial Monday morning per attorney Maurice Lennon who returned from Chicago. The trial was postponed yesterday to finish two minor cases. those are expected to end this week before Sing’s case begins.
Dr. J W Fahrner Jr dismisses reports he is confined with smallpox. He says the rumor arose from a misinterpretation of his role at the Ruggee home on Marble Street. He criticizes public panic and notes some families with similar symptoms are not quarantined. He also rejects claims about blood poisoning after vaccination and amputations.
Deputy sheriffs under Sheriff Stevenson search Bruces corner area for the highwaymen who beat and robbed Martin Manley of Lockport. Manley recovered and expected to leave home in a week. $23 taken, $400 missed in vest pocket.
Resignation of John O'Donnell as collector of the Illinois Michigan canal accepted at the commission meeting in Lockport. William Hammerle to succeed him on Monday.
Advertisement seeks male and female agents for a suggestive proposition. Mentions Bell Health and Accident Association, room 4, Clement Building, Bell telephone 1037, inviting energetic individuals to respond.
Deputy County Clerk Ivan Rhodes and assistants began work in a special court room extending the taxes. Cronin v Suprene Council alleged over an insurance policy. The Peotone sewer hearing continued. Land title suits by Bedford heirs and Lockport defendants, alimony and divorce actions, farm purchases, annulment hearing for Lucile Fennelie, and alimony awarded to May Osman. Records include continuances, conservator changes, and various judgments.
George Woodruff president of the First National Bank left for Minneapolis to address Minnesota State University faculty and Minnesota Academy faculty. His name appears on the program among prominent national figures. A brief anecdote mentions a parson giving a nickel to a boy as he left.
Prize American poultry chicks travel abroad under the Spanish legation in Botatan de Canongo with a second say of the wheens for the pur pose. Deraton reports the event on December 4.
New York December 4 a vigilance watch was set on trains and ships for Oscar Vogt a former Swiss soldier chef and pianist wanted in the murder of Agnes Guth a fashionable modiste stabbed to death in her home Wednesday night Vogt and Guth were reportedly in love August Guth the slain woman's son said Vogt disappeared just before the body was found Paris economists estimate a market fall of 88 on December 4.
The text hints at a ministry action and a new loan issued at a different rate, costing a large annual interest. It mentions centimes in renters and a 1,000,000 franc annual interest, with unclear dates and places.
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